On: Apple will no longer fix the $17,000 gold Apple Watch

[nlunbeck]

I'm curious what the convention is for gold consumer electronics at EoL. Do you bring it into a jeweler and get the gold casing pried off and melted down?

[twoodfin → nlunbeck]

I’m not sure it will beat the S&P 500 or Apple stock, but I’d bet that an OG Apple Watch Edition will hold its value better than the gold you’d melt out of it.

[SSLy → nlunbeck]

People have repurposed gen0/1 AW's into mechanical watches with a bit square-ish case.

[Cockbrand → nlunbeck]

I kinda expect a YouTube video to exist of a Chinese hardware hacker transplanting the Watch Series 9 innards into an obsolete gold (or better: ceramic) Apple Watch case.

[surfingdino → nlunbeck]

Ultimate planned obsolescence and an ultimate flex.